With all their different types of music and albums you gotta be fronting.I been going thru their whole discography today and I can't get jiggy with this shyt
Nikkaz can listen to the same sounding shyt all day but this is too left field?
Hip-Hop elitists told me The Roots were "real Hip-Hop"
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Nikkaz can listen to the same sounding shyt all day but this is too left field?
erker
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Carlton Banks never been hip hop. Go back to listening to Tom Jones
keep it a brick i'm always a little bit uncomfortable with the real hip hop label. maybe because i notice that dope artists like UGK, Three Six, Do Or Die, Twista & Killa Cam are never really put in that category. kind of a regional thing but mostly a sub genre thing. like for instance Mystikal & Jay Elec from the same city but only one gets classified as real hip hop and yall know who
anyway i LOVE The Roots b i ain't even gon hold you
It's ironic because UGK (well, just Pimp C) dissed the Roots' "What They Do" and pretty much
backpackers and purists basically saying "ya'll can have ya'll real Hip Hop, we make Country rap tunes".
You didn’t like illadelph half life?
bigdaddy88
The King Of Power
neg worthy thread 
Talented dudes
but boring as artist
but boring as artist
ReturnOfJudah
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Bunch of sell outs. Cac wrote the check and they been shuking and jiving ever since
Stop it b
They have steady income coming in and great exposure on NBC
plus it's great to finally see a all black house band on live TV
Even arsenio band wasn't all Black
ReturnOfJudah
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It's ironic because UGK (well, just Pimp C) dissed the Roots' "What They Do" and pretty much
lol Chad was no fool. he knew the general perception of him and his music by anybody who uses the term real hip hop. because common sense urges him to ask well what's fake hip hop? and historically speaking that's been bouncy country rap featuring vocals with thick, syrupy southern drawls
though my nikka KRIT broke that mold but exception doesn't swallow the norm
Big Roots fan and the last couple of joints haven't resonated with me as much as the previous. Everything up to HIGO was my shyt. And Thought is Top 10 skillwise.
As far as "they", the only consistent members are Thought and Questlove. Losing Malik full time, Rahzel, Len Hubbard, and Kamal kinda sucked though. Lost their "soul". Dice still my nikka and is a good change up on the studio albums.
And they are mainstream now with the Tonight Show. Hoping their next album will be good though, but without the earlier core members, it'll never be what it once was.
nikkas went from
to this
I don't see the problem
Because working alongside white people don't make you a C00n in my eyes
Like I said thier gainfully employed
I'm proud of them
I'd rather them getting that steady check on NBC then struggling to get gigs at some random dive bar or playing for tips in the subway
They good
They have a great situation
Especially when they are basically independent contracter workers
They have leverage
Now what do you do for a living that makes YOU THINK YOU ARE BETTER THAN THEM?
Hey would you be mad at them for getting a steady gig and income?
ReturnOfJudah
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Never said that made them sellouts. They flipped the script and did a 180. That what makes then sellouts. Went from a black conscious band to
And when did i say i’m better than them? To answer your question I own and operate a tractor & trailer (18 wheeler).